Population status and protection evaluation of Syzygium album, a species with extremely small population.

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202101.007

Abstract

Abstract: Syzygium album is a plant species with extremely small population and endemic to Yun-xiao County, Fujian Province. We examined its population status and conservation evaluation. The results showed that there were 25 individuals of S. album, with only one mother tree. Except for the mother tree and one small tree, the others were all young seedlings, which was rare in abundance and lack of age stage of middle and strong trees. The spatial distribution of young seedlings was not uniform, with most of individuals within the range of 10-25 m from the mother tree. The age class structure of the population was not continuous and the population development was unsustainable. The competition mainly came from other species. Cryptocarya chinensis accounted for 66.6% of the total competition index, which was much higher than other species. We established a comprehensive evaluation index system for the protection of rare and endangered plants with extremely small populations and evaluated the protection of S. album from three aspects, i.e., endangered degree, protection value, and protection priority. The endangered degree of S. album was level Ⅰ (the endangered degree index was 4.510), belonging to extremely endangered species, the protection value was level Ⅰ (the protection value index was 4.052), which was of great value, and the protection priority was level Ⅰ (the protection priority index was 4.016), which should be listed as the highest priority protection level.

Key words: Syzygium album, extremely small population, endemic plant, population characteristics, protection evaluation

ZHENG Shi-qun, YANG Wan-qiao, FANG Zhen-fu, ZHENG Ning, LIU Jin-fu, LIN Kai-qin, XIAO Li-fang, LI Lin. Population status and protection evaluation of Syzygium album, a species with extremely small population.[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021, 32(1): 103-112.

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